Elliott's Nursery - The Not-So-Blank Wall!
You might recall my little e-tour of Elliott's nursery a while back... back when 'he' was still an 'it' and I was decorating without knowing quite who I was decorating for! Well, Elliott has well and truly arrived and assimilated happily into his new room, but I've had a little guilt for having not had the time to touch it since he came home! It isn't that it looked awful, but I wanted to put a little 'Elliott' stamp on it for him!
What you didn't see in my original tour of the nursery is this wall:
I like! But it doesn't seem enough... I then grab some frames I've got lying about and whack Elliott's birth announcement in one until I have time to buy a print off Etsy. I find another one I made previously using Dulux paint swatches and add that too. Then, I find another frame and, without any art to place inside it I remove the glass and blutac some magnetic letters inside:
It didn't look symmetric, so I added a little card with some pegs... and here is my finished product! I plan to change my 'mobile art' around as the fancy strikes me (which knowing me, may well be weekly) and am already planning to add a little square canvas covered in patterned paper. But I much prefer this than my blank wall!
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What you didn't see in my original tour of the nursery is this wall:
I ran out of time (and energy) before the baby was born, but seeing as my feeding chair sits directly opposite this side of the room I've been staring at this blank canvas for weeks, depressed at such a sorry spectacle! Over the weekend, I decided to take action!
Tying in with my existing stripey wall, I decided to paint just one feature stripe on the wall in the same colour. That took about 45 minutes. Right, I figure I have about 45 remaining minutes before both kids are up from their naps and screeching for my attention... So, how to decorate? I don't have time to go shopping, so I have to be creative with what I already have about the house.
I remembered some 'train' wall stickers I'd bought previously from the Reject Shop (I'm such a cheapo store connoisseur now!) for a bargain $5 and stuck one of those down:
I like! But it doesn't seem enough... I then grab some frames I've got lying about and whack Elliott's birth announcement in one until I have time to buy a print off Etsy. I find another one I made previously using Dulux paint swatches and add that too. Then, I find another frame and, without any art to place inside it I remove the glass and blutac some magnetic letters inside:
It didn't look symmetric, so I added a little card with some pegs... and here is my finished product! I plan to change my 'mobile art' around as the fancy strikes me (which knowing me, may well be weekly) and am already planning to add a little square canvas covered in patterned paper. But I much prefer this than my blank wall!
Have a great week!
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Bright and Fun Dessert Table
Happy Monday everyone - today I have for you some photos from a Dessert Table I put together for a Melbourne Cup Race Day Lunch last week.
I had great fun designing this table and had lots of fun with bright colours. It was also a delight to see how excited all the mums were when they got to fill their own take-home goody bag.
The yummy desserts on the table included Rosewater cream tarts, Lemon filled meringues and white chocolate mud cake pops
I included these fun marshmallow sticks with all the names of the horses that were in the race
The candy on the table included:-
Mini Jelly Beans
White Chocolate Rasperries
Lemon Sherberts
Marshmallows
Sherbert UFO's
Sour Straps
Sour Hearts
Chocolate Frogs
Sugar Sticks
All so yummy! Thanks Kristy for letting me create something special for the day.
Dreamy Deer
This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some delightful dreamy deer with these gorgeous pics. Check back soon for some more of the most inspirational photographers on Flickr.
Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):
- The cool shot in oh, deer (267/365) by Katherine Elizabeth
- The pretty looking White deer. by Carambatack
- The beautiful embroidery in The Guardian (Palomino) by What Delilah Did
- The cute 夜であるく by ayco311
To see more gorgeous "Winter Woodland Christmas" inspired pics from some of the fabulous photographers on Flickr, check out my new group, become a member and add your own winter woodland inspired pics.
Have a sweet day!
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